Orthosiphon allenii
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Mtoroshanga Pass
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| Synonyms: |
Icomum hockii De Wild. Plectranthus allenii C.H. Wright |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect perennial herb, up to c. 30 cm tall, growing from a small woody rootstock. Roots with small tubers, up to 3 cm long. Stems 4-angled, with appressed hairs and scattered sessile glands, usually denser towards the inflorescence. Leaves usually strictly in a basal rosette, sometimes also 1-2 pairs of leaves along the stem, elliptic up to 12 × 5 cm, mostly hairless but gland-dotted; margin sinuate-crenate; petiole 5-20 mm long. Inflorescence with many 6-flowered verticils, 10-25 mm apart. Corolla pink to mauve, sometimes with white markings, 2-lipped; lower lip cup-shaped, enclosing the stamens. |
| Type location: |
Zambia |
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| Habitat: | In seasonally flooded grassland, sometimes in Brachystegia woodland. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | N,T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 1 April 2010 |
| Literature: |
Paton, A.J. et al. (2009). Lamiaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 181. Paton, A.J. et al. (2013). Lamiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(8) Pages 147 - 148. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Orthosiphon alleniiAfrican Plant Database: Orthosiphon allenii
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